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I went out to Livingston HealthCare for lunch with our son Kevin, who works there. All of us in this area are so thankful for our beautiful new hospital. I can add it as my Thankful #29 for November 2017. It has been good making this list, really putting some thought into each one. There is a book, “One Thousand Gifts” (a gift idea for you) by Ann Voskamp on how being thankful brings a life of joy.

Holidays with cooking involved scare me to death. He-Who-Took-Long-Steps brought a sign home from a church missions dinner. It is framed and hangs in our kitchen. It says, “Welcome to the Promised Land.” He brought it home right after a turkey episode that happened while we lived in Colstrip.

One year we had a very untraditional Thanksgiving. We spent the holiday in a Forest Service cabin at the foot of the Crazy Mountains. My folks got the idea the summer before and reserved the cabin. It had two bedrooms and a kitchen with some cooking equipment. The privy was out back. The winter supply of wood was stacked on the porch. This was one of many Forest Service cabins throughout our state that can be rented for a very small daily fee.

Combined service

The Shields Valley and Pine Creek United Methodist churches will hold a combined service at 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at Pine Creek.

Following the service will be a potluck to honor Rev. Glenn Woodson as part of Pastor Appreciation Day. No church services will be held that day at the Shields Valley United Methodist Church in Clyde Park.

I am at an age in my life where it is hard for me to remember anything. I walk into the kitchen to get something and when I get there, I can’t remember why I came there. Actually I don’t want to spend much time in my kitchen because my cooking skills are not that great sometimes. He-Who-Takes-Long-Steps brought a sign home from a church missions dinner and hung it in our kitchen. It says, “Welcome to the Promised Land.”

We have been the kind of people that companies love as customers. He-Who-Takes-Long-Steps and I have always been what is now called “brand-loyal.” If we sign up for insurance or a phone, we are in for the long haul. No switching back and forth between companies for us.

Operation Christmas Child under way

Living Hope Church, located on the corner of Third and Clark streets, is again the Park County collection point for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes this year.

OCC, a program of Samaritan’s Purse, distributes gift-filled shoe boxes to needy children around the world at Christmastime. People may drop boxes they pack for the children at Living Hope Church at these days and times:

This week I set up my easel to see if I could paint the view from my front porch with watercolors. First, I had to check for mice (even though my porch is mouse proof). It has been a year since I dabbled in paints. It is a hobby I keep mostly under wraps. I did get a blue ribbon on a painting of Sheep Mountain. And I sold one of my first paintings for a dozen eggs!